Intel Core i7-6700K

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 6000
Family
Intel Core i7
Generation
6
Name
Intel Core i7-6700K
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
Intel Core i7-7700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
4 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
4
CPU Threads
8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.2 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
4 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
12
Execution units
24
Generation
9
GPU Frequency
350 MHz
GPU name
Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU Turbo
1150 MHz
Max. displays
3
Max. GPU Memory
64 GB
Release date
Q3/2015
Shader
192
Technology
14 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
64 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
—
PCIe lanes
16
PCIe version
3.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
91 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Skylake S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
8.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q3/2015
Socket
LGA 1151
Technology
14 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-6700K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

208 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

222 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

253 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

252 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

189 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

327 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

287 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

407 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

667 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

87 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

41 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

191 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

29 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

177 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

46 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

336 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i7-6700K with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1124

Intel Core i7-6700K

1141

Intel Core i3-10100

1141

Intel Core i3-10100F

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5640

Intel Core i7-6700K

5737

Intel Core i3-10105

5737

Intel Core i3-10105F

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

421

Intel Core i7-6700K

422

Intel Core i5-9300H

422

Intel Core i5-9300HF

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2059

Intel Core i7-6700K

2111

Intel Core i5-9300H

2111

Intel Core i5-9300HF

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

180

Intel Core i7-6700K

182

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6

182

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

888

Intel Core i7-6700K

901

Intel Core i7-7700

894

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1151

Intel Core i7-6700K

1154

Intel Core i9-9920X

1153

Intel Core i5-7640X

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

4459

Intel Core i7-6700K

4501

Intel Core i3-10105

4497

Intel Core i7-1068G7

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

442 GFLOPS

Intel Core i7-6700K

442 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-6600K

442 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-6600T

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

369.3 s

Intel Core i7-6700K

335.8 s

Intel Core i7-7700K

336.4 s

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

4757

Intel Core i7-6700K

4763

Intel Core i7-7800X

4763

Intel Core i9-7960X

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

17028

Intel Core i7-6700K

18340

Intel Core i7-7740X

17423

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v6

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

2.19

Intel Core i7-6700K

2.19

Intel Core i9-7900X

2.19

Intel Core i9-7920X

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

9.92

Intel Core i7-6700K

9.96

Intel Core i5-8500

9.94

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

41.4

Intel Core i7-6700K

41.5

Intel Core i7-7567U

41.4

Intel Core i7-6700

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

11108

Intel Core i7-6700K

11245

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

11191

Intel Core i5-9400H

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.